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Nigerian newborns weigh less if their mothers use biomass fuel – a major health risk

Nigerian newborns weigh less if their mothers use biomass fuel – a major health risk: Low birth weight is the primary cause of infant morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Bennett Raglin/WireImage Babies should ideally weigh about 2,500g or more at birth. Birth weight is a vital indicator of foetal and neonatal health. If a newborn …

Nigeria must improve health services for mothers and babies: here’s what can change

Nigeria must improve health services for mothers and babies: here’s what can change: One of the first babies born in the year 2020 on 1 January 2020 in Lagos, Nigeria. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images Nigeria is one of the largest contributors to maternal and newborn (neonatal) deaths in the world. It’s estimated that in …

How South Africa is integrating COVID into routine care for mothers and babies

How South Africa is integrating COVID into routine care for mothers and babies: Policies to stop the spread of COVID disadvantaged mothers and newborns. Shutterstock COVID-19 has had a direct impact on maternal mortality. Pregnant women are not at an increased risk of becoming infected with SARS-CoV-2. But data show they are at higher risk …

Abused by our grown-up children: mothers open up about this little-understood form of domestic violence

Abused by our grown-up children: mothers open up about this little-understood form of domestic violence: www.shutterstock.com Broken arms … I had a badly damaged jaw, strangled … Lizzy* picked me up at her local train station and drove me to the lounge of her favourite hotel, where for more than four hours we sat in …

Vaccinating mothers during pregnancy protects their babies from COVID

Vaccinating mothers during pregnancy protects their babies from COVID: Prostock-studio/Shutterstock If a pregnant woman catches COVID, it’s very rare for the virus to be passed through the placenta to the foetus. But it’s long been known that a mother’s antibodies can cross the placental barrier to the baby and can also be transferred via breast …

COVID: how anti-vaccine influencers exploit mothers

COVID: how anti-vaccine influencers exploit mothers: Cookie Studio/Shutterstock Opposition to vaccination has existed for as long as vaccination itself. Ever since widespread smallpox vaccination began in the early 1800s, there have been cycles of questioning the safety and efficacy of particular vaccines. The media has played a primary role in publicising these views, and social …

The UK’s ‘work-first’ approach to benefits hurts mothers

The UK’s ‘work-first’ approach to benefits hurts mothers: ErsinTekkol / Shutterstock Social security reform in the UK over the years has increasingly prioritised placing people in paid work, often using the threat of withholding benefits as an incentive to find a job. These systems pose particular challenges for unemployed mothers, and the new Way to …

Breastfeeding beyond infancy can be beneficial for children and parents – mothers explain pressure they feel to stop

Breastfeeding beyond infancy can be beneficial for children and parents – mothers explain pressure they feel to stop: Tomsickova Tatyana/Shutterstock Breastfeeding beyond infancy is recommended by the World Health Organization, which advises that children should be breastfed until two years old. For children, breastfeeding for longer is associated with reduced infections, a lower chance of …

How orangutans mothers help their offspring learn

How orangutans mothers help their offspring learn: Lukaszemenphoto/shutterstock We have always known that orangutans infants are very dependent on their mothers in their early years. But it turns out that orangutan mothers also change their own behaviour to help their children learn and become independent as quickly as possible. Primate culture has fascinated many of …

South Africa’s isn’t doing enough to provide HIV prevention treatment for mothers: why it needs to

South Africa’s isn’t doing enough to provide HIV prevention treatment for mothers: why it needs to: Shutterstock A global target for the elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV globally was set in 2015. The ambitious target of the Joint United Nations Programme (UNAIDS) was to reduce new infant HIV infections by 75% by …

Beaurocratic pitfalls barring mothers and caregivers from accessing Social Relief of Distress grant

South Africa in the news: Beaurocratic pitfalls barring mothers and caregivers from accessing Social Relief of Distress grant: Tardy and inconsistent Sassa responses deny many candidates the option to even appeal rejected applications.Many mothers and caregivers were hopeful when the Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress (SRD) …: “South Africa” – BingNews Mwadui Williamson deal to …

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